Ergoman Cheat Sheet


Setting up for Keyframing

To set up Alias to do the right thing when you set a keyframe, open up the Keyframe Options dialog box:

Animation -> Set Keyframe -> []

In the dialog box, set the options as follows:

Don't forget to SAVE the settings when you exit the dialog. Remember: you have to do this every time you restart Alias. Otherwise, your hard work designing poses may be lost!


Setting up for Playback

For proper playback, open the Playback Options dialog box:

Animation -> Playback Options...

and within it, turn Play Blast Options -> Show Play Blast on.

In the upper right hand corner of the main window are two fields controlling the frame rate of playback. You want "fps" to be 24, and "by" to be 1. If you forget to do this, you can still change it during playback without restarting.


4:36 pm, 19 February 1998